Elton Brand has reached a verbal agreement to sign a multiyear contract with the Philadelphia 76ers, according to an NBA source who requested anonymity because he is not authorized to speak on player movements.

The deal is believed to be in the $80-million range and expected to span five years.

Brand opted out of the final season of his Clippers contract last week to become a free agent. He was due $16.4 million had he stayed in the contract.

The deal cannot be finalized until the league's moratorium period ends at midnight EDT on Tuesday.

The 76ers were the latest team to join the bidding frenzy for Brand, joining the Clippers and Golden State Warriors, who have already made five-year offers for Brand, according to the sources.

The 76ers cleared salary cap space Tuesday when they traded forwards Rodney Carney and Calvin Booth and a future No. 1 pick to the Minnesota Timberwolves in a deal that has yet to be officially announced but was first reported by Yahoo.com.

Brand has not been reached for comment since he opted out of the final season of his Clippers contract last week. He flew to Washington, D.C., to meet with Falk last week and had a medical checkup with Dr. Craig Morgan in Wilmington, Del., the sources said.

Brand missed all but eight games last season with the Clippers because of a ruptured Achilles tendon.

"If somebody asked me whether he'd be healthy or had any ongoing fears, I would say no," it's not a problem, Morgan said Tuesday.

When Brand opted out of the final year of his Clippers' contract, he said Philadelphia would be one of the desirable alternatives. The move would put him back on the East Coast, where he grew up and went to college, with a team that has a strong nucleus of young players.

The Clippers' verbal contract agreement with free-agent point guard Baron Davis is not expected to be altered by Brand's decision, according to the sources.

The Clippers initially offered Brand, 29, a five-year, $70-million contract, which was expected to be the highest they could go while still signing Davis, according to NBA sources who requested anonymity because they are not authorized to speak about player movements.

The Clippers then boosted their offer to Brand to five years and $80 million by renouncing the rights to other players, but it wasn't enough to re-sign him. The Warriors had tendered Brand a five-year, $90-million offer.

It's worth noting that, if the Times' report is accurate, both Philadelphia and the Clippers offered Brand identical deals of five years/$80M. Brand will join a lineup that includes Andre Miller, Andre Iguodala, Thad Young, and Samuel Dalembert.

Elton Brand's departure is a visceral kick in the stomach to a fan base that found, in Brand, the only true icon in franchise history. More immediately, it places the Clippers behind only Golden State and Memphis in the Cap Space Sweepstakes. The organization must quickly decide if it wants to pursue Corey Maggette, which would be a wrongheaded act of desperation, woo Josh Smith -- an intriguing, more youthful alternative at the PF, or stand pat for the 2009 free agent class.

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If I'm the Clips, I hire somebody to take out David Falk. The Clips were nice to Sam Cassell who was nice to them and let him get another championship ring (also Falk's client), and how does he repay this?

As for solutions, well, uhm, shit, i got none. This is the same team as last year but with a better point guard. We weren't terrible. Maybe we go small and re-sign Corey at the 3, Al at the 4 and Kaman at center and run. Dunleavy won't have pick and roll options at all. You can bet Q Ross will get a good contract now that Dumbleavy will have to spend money.

i can't wait to hear what Elton has to say and then spit at the tv screen and curse the day we traded Tyson Chandler for him.

I have never had a more bitter taste in my mouth for an NBA player, and I hate Kobe with a passion. Kobe is now a god compared to Elton.

I have never posted on this website just because most people are very intelligent about hoops and I'm not. I've been a clipper fan for over 15 years.....first of all, our franchise player is ERIC FREAKING PIATKOWSKI, I can't believe this shit. I really thought EB had some integrity. WTF is Baron thinking now!
Everyone knows if we signed EB he would've blown out his knee next season anyways. Damn Clipper Curse.

You have got to be FUCKING KIDDING ME.... I take back all that shit I said last week about players "finally" doing the right thing and taking less money for the team. I cannot believe this. I'm officially burning all my Clips gear tonight. I'm so fucking irritated right now.

Kobe can opt out next year. We'll certainly have cap space. Just a broad, unsophisticated thought....btw, in latest Stein post, one comment might really be the only one that matters: "Elton just wanted to go back east."

What a freaking blow this is...I've been trying to spin this as a positive, but you can't deny the brutality of it all. We had so much to look forward to this year when we heard about Baron Davis, and now we just have to make sense of this.

Now I almost don't care if Baron Davis backs out of L.A. because he was only exciting if paired with Elton brand, and I figured he'd be a huge reason for Brand to stay. But now that Brand's jumped ship, we're looking at a middle aged, high priced, injury-prone, and somewhat of a volatile personality playing with a bunch of kids and a couple veterans coming off the bench. If he stays, it'll be interesting to see how much effort we get out of him.

To me, the only thing that re-energizes Clipper nation for this upcoming season is if we can get Josh Smith. That might even turn out better than if Brand stood pat, but for all J. Smith's upside, he's obviously a huge risk, and could just become the next Clipper flame out.

But maybe even bigger than Elton Brand or Josh Smith is that the Clippers need to hire a real GM. Dunleavy has been able to do a better job than Sterling/ Elgin combination for the last few years making player decisions, but then again, just about anyone could have.

I'm still in with the Clips, and am excited to see what the young talent can turn into, but this is just tough right now.

Josh Smith my ass. I still have hope, but fuck you Elton Brand. Have fun raising your new-born child in the smoking crack pipe that is Philadelphia. Philly fans will be as loyal to you as you were to us. Go to hell.

This is brutal, no doubt. But PG's and centers are hard to come by, and we have one of each now (assuming Davis doesn't back out). Josh Smith may not be the answer, but it's a start. It would be a change in direction.

The organization is finnally trying to do right by their players. I don't want them to come this far, shrug, and call it a decade.

As a devout Clippers fan living in Killadelphia, you can rest assured that I will go to as many Sixers game as possible (not hard since I do that anyway) and verbally abuse EB to the best of my ability. I might even rush the court and shank him.

I believed Brand to be the consummate professional, but this is definitely changing my mind. the franchise stood by him as he missed most of the season and this is what he does the year after. its shameless. for such a good guy to spurn a team that was loyal to him, it really makes me hate professional sports.

Now without Brand, i just hope Baron Davis doesn't go all Kobe and jack up thirty shots a game.

Also, i dont think Josh Smith is such a great idea. All his hype and potential just remind me of early Darius Miles before his body fell apart. All the athleticism in the world, but no jumper, no control, and questionable decision making.

I have fan loyalty and I will always be a Clips fan, but this is just another in a long line of kicks to the crotch.

Remember when EB said he was coming back to play the last 8 games because he was a hard worker and wanted to help the team win? Obviously it was just a play on his part to get other teams to notice that he's healthy.

He NEVER intended on staying if someone opened up some real cap space.

As a Clipper fan, I'm not all that surprised. This is a franchise whose existence has been based off of stealing defeat out of the jaws of victory (of course assuming they were ever close to victory in the first place). I only wonder where the next kick in the dick will be coming from.

OMG!!!! I cant believe this is actually true!! This is so disappointing because such a promising Clippers team has just crumbled. First the Shaun Livingston injury. Now this! Whats Next? I know

1. Baron is gonna back out of his agreement
2. Clippers will make a run at josh Smith signing him to an offer sheet. With everyone saying that Atlanta is not gonna match only to see that they do indeed match the offer at the last possible minute.
3. Chris Kaman is going to blow out his Knees playing for Germany in the Olympics
4. Al Thornton will get arrested
5. Eric Gordon ends up being the biggest bust of the 2008 draft.

God I love being a clippers Fan. And Red Sox fans thought they had it bad.

I am not a Clipper fan, but I sincierly feel bad for all Clipper fans on this day. For the first time in 2 years optimism and good spirits were upon the Clipper nation, only to have it taken away due to Brand pulling a Boozer. [For all the "good will" he has done, this HAS to karma-tically hurt him right?] Not to mention how Baron is feeling.....

As for your options, to me Emeka Okafor seems like a poor man's Brand, and who knows if Charlotte with its cheap ass owner would match. Or the Clips could pull a Dub move and throw money at the other A.I. If the Clippers go up to 13 mil or so, I dont know if the Hawks, with thier ownership situation would match.

Karma's going to get Elton Brand. His ankle should pop so he can spend all the fucking time with his family in that shithole peekskill he wants. He's a load of shit. I'm done with the clippers and with him.

ACD..don't get brave there buddy..the fact is that EB took the same $$ and went to Philly. That loser shitbag town, Philly.

It's not just a coincidence that both EB and Corey left town..

It's the F-en dunce. Remember when he said they'd both be back ??

Well now neither are coming back. I read Maggs signed for 6M per and we know Brand's is 5 years 80M. So, if Maggs deal really is for 6M, then our two best players just opted out AND took same or less money to play elsewhere. ACD, it's time for you to take your tongue out of the dunce's dumb ass. Face it, they both left cause he fucking sucks. The evidence is the contracts they signed elsewhere.

ACD, you gotta learn to look at the WHY. People just don't uproot and leave for fucking Philly on a whim. This is years in the making with every shitbag move the dunce has made, and now the Clips just lost EB because of it. Can't wait to hear his loser-spin tomorrow, if he has the balls to show his face that is.

OMG!!!! I cant believe this is actually true!! This is so disappointing because such a promising Clippers team has just crumbled. First the Shaun Livingston injury. Now this! Whats Next? I know

1. Baron is gonna back out of his agreement
2. Clippers will make a run at josh Smith signing him to an offer sheet. With everyone saying that Atlanta is not gonna match only to see that they do indeed match the offer at the last possible minute.
3. Chris Kaman is going to blow out his Knees playing for Germany in the Olympics
4. Al Thornton will get arrested
5. Eric Gordon ends up being the biggest bust of the 2008 draft.

God I love being a clippers Fan. And Red Sox fans thought they had it bad.

Thanks Kevin..570 had said that he signed in GS for 6M on my way home. So at least he opted out and made more $$ and not quite as big of a kick in the balls. I still think he couldn't wait to get away from MD

Like someone else on here said, I've cheered for ex-Clippers before, and if Brand would have had the dignity to just be honest with us all from the beginning and say "I was loyal for all my years here, but now I want to try another franchise and secure more money for me and my family" then I would have wished him the best and cheered him when he played at Staples, instead he dicked us around like idiots all so he could have more time to let Philly cut some cap room and sign him. He knew he wanted to go to Philly all along and played us all. Not anything like the class I expected from him. Fuck the NBA and greedy players.

next year all we have is brevin knight coming off our roster as a free agent according to the espn website linked above.

in 2010 we'll have tim thomas, cuttino mobley and josh powell coming off the books for even more money.

i hope we don't make a bad decision to bankrupt the future.

and if EB knew all along that he wasn't gonna play with the Clips, and he came back for those 8 games to prove he was healthy (which i can almost guarantee), then he really screwed us over and took away more chances at getting a higher lottery pick (i like eric gordon, i'm happy). EB is a two-faced asshole!

being a warriors fan i feel your pain, i never thought EB would come up north. but like yourselves we too have a bunch of young guys and a some veteran scorers. i was sad to see baron go, but he will play better in front of his home crowd than he did for us, he played best for us when the games were on national tv.

So lets get this straight, exactly how much more than $10 MILLION did Brand get paid last year to sit on the bench all season? Oh yeah, he also got PAID to audition himself for 8 games to rape more money off the Clips this year.

Having thought it over, Emeka Okafor would come closer to replacing you-know-who in rebounding and defense. Not much offense though. If not him, just sit on the cap room and look for a smart deal (however unlikely).

BD should still be on board as it's a fat deal to play at home and be in the L.A. spotlight.
But it's not gonna help much now and it's looking like a long time before this team will be any good at all.

I was inclined to give MDsr a pass for last year and see what he could get out of the team this year.
But if it's gonna be a long ass rebuilding process with young guys, I'd call Avery and see if he wants to settle in for the long haul.

Although Corey wasn't a 4th qtr game changing 4th qtr stud, we'll be down 20 at the half every night with no fowards.

maybe Seattle will take the team off our hands and we can all move on.

TW- If it's truly rebuilding time (isn't it always?) then I am on board with hiring a former player with no experience because the expectations would be low anyway. I doubt Dunleavy's getting paid to leave, though.

I refuse to give the office an F if they really tried and didn't cheap out at the last second. Maybe more details will be known tomorrow.

Maybe the front office ruined this sure thing just like they have ruined everything else and Brand had no choice but to leave? I'm still pissed at Brand but as i read more stuff elsewhere I'm starting to remember this is the CLIPPERS we're talking about, so maybe Elgin and Sterling did some horrible screw up to drive Brand away. Not out of the question, the Brand press conference will be must watch.

If EB will not be returning, are better off not locking up Baron Davis for long-term money. Given his history, he'd only give us 30-50 games per season until his next contract year. How's that contract gonna look when Boom is 35?

I, for one, was only excited about the signing if he and EB were going to suddenly be veterans who finally had a chance at being contenders, which would motivate them to play through pain etc. I acknowledged his injury prone past, and convinced myself that it was worth the risk given the upside of being a contender.

If EB is gone what's the upside of rolling the dice on Davis? Let him walk, let the Clips take their lumps next season and maybe make a splash in '09. What's the point of paying Baron big bucks if the Clips are still gonna be bottom feeders?

As the anger toward Brand starts to wear off, I can't help but agree with "tb" on here. Sterling could have finally shown himself to be a super serious owner by offering Brand the same 82 million, keepind Davis with the 65 million and making one more run at a mid level type of guy. With the Clips history of botching everything, they could have done something to piss Brand off and shun them.

Where's that Clippers Fan Sucks guy? We do suck! I've been in the nation since 96, this is the darkest day in my Clips history, but hey we are losers for believing we were going to re-sign that money grabbing slut.

I hear Brand turned down 80 mil for 82 mil??? You turn down the Clips for 2 mil??? I give it up to Brand, has screwed the entire orginization.

WillC - The front office could have given Brand the full max extension to being with, but he implied to the media that he would wait to see what kind of moves the Clippers would do. They went out and got Baron at price just high enough to still offer Brand a fat contract.

Because of the cap rules, there was no way to give Brand his precious maximum $$$ and still lure Davis with anything more than the MLE.

Yeah JM, I know about that, but my point was that those cap rules go out the window if Sterling decides to go over the cap and start paying the luxury tax. the Celtics had to pay it last year, I'm pretty sure the Lakers do too, so if you're a franchise intent on trying your best to win, you can spend more than the cap. Brand undoubtedly has to face some blame for leaving, but if only the Clippers would have taken an even bigger step, we might have had our dream line up. Oh well, life sucks for us Clippers faithful.

I agree with JM. The Clippers did everything EB wanted, getting another all star and still being able to give him a nice contract. The Clippers have to work with the salary cap and they did the best they could, EB and Falk screwed them.

I feel bad for BD. He will be fun to watch, but once again his talent will be wasted on a B squad. I would have liked to see him go out with a bang. I also would have liked to see Elton have some class and be the exception in a money grubbing league. All he would have had to do was take about 5% less salary. Does 2 mil even make that big of a difference when you are making 85 mil? Would you disown your loyal (albeit, structurally retarded) business where everyone thinks the world of you and that was paying you 80k to make an extra 2k? Is that an apt comparison? Everything is relative, isn't it?

Ok, I see what you mean. After Davis agrees to come, shove the maximum in Brands face and damn the luxury tax. I still don't think it works thoug, because Brand's rights would've been renounced, so you can't just offer the max if there are no bird rights. Instead, cap would have to be created, which would have left a razor-thin bench evaporated. I'm not trying to argue because I agree with your point, but the situation was not as clear cut. In other words, the team couldn't have gone past the threshold even if they wanted to.

I own 3 clipper jerseys. A blank practice one, a lamar odom one and a brand one.

I guess I know which one was the good investment.

And to think I work a clipper t-shirt to work today just for good luck. I am speechless. I honestly can't fault the clips for this.

I don't even know what we can do with baron now. I love baron (and I went to UCLA and now live in the bay area and love him even more because of that)

but what are we going to do with just baron. We need to do something, this is just so frustrating. We are always on cusp and everyone just uses us to get better offers. Like when the clips had to clear space for kobe and he fucked them over at the 11t hour too...

EB made it seem like he would play for less if we could get a star (specifically Baron), but where Clipper management went wrong was in offering him less than they could. We've heard about the 5 year $80 million offer today only, but the previous week it had been 5 years and $70 million. So the clips front office balked and got screwed, then got scared and dumped everything to try to give Elton what he wanted and he stabbed us all in the front.
Worst day in Clipper history, well 2nd worst, worst was when Donald Sterling bought the team!
what makes this hurt is that we all trusted in EB.

I hear you JM, I wish I knew more about the salary cap and all the rules associated with it so I could find out if the Clippers could have legitimately went over the limit, but I don't. Either way too, we all got screwed here. Including Brand, sure he got more money and closer to home in the east, but he also damaged his great reputation. We'll see how it all plays out once each side explains themselves. Such a sad day for Clippers fans, especially after such an exciting week last week. Not only do we lose Brand, but one of our only 'franchise faces' left on a sour note, making it all the more Clipper-like. Meaning, we can't even proudly speak of him, cuz he did us dirty.

Hey -- if he starts negotiations by saying he's willing to take less to make a competitive team, and then you offer him less, holding back some so you can bring in that role player -- whose fault is that?
Sure, champions pay the luxury tax (do the Spurs?), but very few thought the Brand/Davis Clippers were champions. They needed another piece. And that piece would cost money. You can't just buy one, it has to be done within the structure of the CBA. Paying the luxury tax is hardly a guarantee of a champion, or even a contender. Ask Isiah.
So, the Clips got screwed because they believed Brand.Long and short of it.

You're right pipedreams. I took a quick look at cbafaq.com, which has the whole CBA outlined, and the Clips couldn't have done much. Plus, Brand went back on his public word, no way around that. we lost. :(

Monta Ellis wants to be a Knick. Harrington wants to leave. You still have no true PG or PF. You just paid 10M for another athletic swingman. Cohen makes Sterling look like Jay-Z when it comes to spending. Your fans are almost as classless as the lakers. I'm much more content being a heart-broken Clipper fan right now than a clueless GSW fan.

Not to rub salt in the wound, but I can't help but remember the bitter feeling Brand and Maggette had when the Clippers wouldn't negotiate with them directly when they were restricted free agents and let other teams negotiate for them. I think that left a bad taste for both these guys and I wonder if this is payback.
But I credit Dunleavy for changing things after he arrived and signing Kaman to a long term deal before anyone else did. This is not the same Clippers organization.
This reminds me of the godfather, when Michael keeps trying to change the organization but everyone around him won't let it happen.

The only thing the Clippers can do now is to make a hard run at Josh Smith I think. Hopefully they can make a crazy fastbreak team with Davis, Smith, Thornton and Gordon. Other than that Brand just screwed us over pretty bad.....

Why are you all so mad you would have sucked next year anyway....at least now you have a few more bucks to spend on tampons oh...if any of you guys want to stop by philly, take a dip in the schuykill river to wash the sand out of your vagina's....feel free

I think they can win a lot. I mean Davis helped GS win a lot of games with his fastbreak style of play with the rest of the young players around him. Same case with the Clippers I think. But if we do get Josh Smith, we'll not only be a good offensive (fastbreak) team but also a good/great defensive team with plenty of good defenders. Great fastbreak offense with a good defense? Sounds good to me

Its a sad day for the Clippers organization, and even a sadder day for Elton Brand. EB had always carefully cultivated his stand-up public persona and presented himself as an all around nice guy; hard working, dedicated, loyal to his teammates, and a quiet leader. In one move, he torched that persona and destroyed whatever integrity he had, not only as a basketball player, but as a man.

He could have been honest with the Clippers and made his intentions clear; that he wanted out, that he preferred to play in the East, etc and the Clips could have acted accordingly. But he strung the orgnization along, demanding that we get someone like Baron Davis (we did), all the while using the Clippers to drive up the bidding for his services.

This is worse than what Boozer had done to Cleveland. Perhaps Duke University fails to properly instruct its young athletes on the principles of integrity, honesty, and character.

Norman Mailer once wrote that in the Latin world, a man is not defined by who he is every day, but is defined by his best days and his worst. Because it is only in those brightest or darkest moments that he reveals his true self and shows the world who he was truly meant to be.

Elton has not only betrayed his public persona and code of honor, he has betrayed himself. He has betrayed the trust that the Clippers organization and the fans have invested in him--in the belief that he was a stand-up guy, someone with integrity who was true to his word and commitment. He proved himself to be less than Gilbert Arenas, and maybe even Baron Davis in terms of character. In short, he has revealed himself to be nothing more than another greedy NBA player; carefully crafting his public persona for endorsement contracts and looking out for himself above all. I suppose you can't blame a man for that in this day and age. But the hypocrisy that he represents is disturbing. Rarely has an athlete's public persona and true self been so divergent. Rarely has an athlete been able to deceive so many people for so long in our cynical time.

I usually wish former Clippers well on their next team and cheer them from afar. I will not be doing that for Elton.

Kevin, I know that MD likes to set players up in the post but, he needs to realize, he's only got Kaman down-low right now, and the best available free agent right now is Josh Smith. If they can get Smith, he better realize that he needs to change his offensive philosophy to fit the new make-up of the team instead of being stubborn and trying to put some one down low

If Baron wants to go somewhere else, I think we should let him. Even if we got J. Smith and kept Baron, I don't think we'd be where we would with EB and that wasn't exactly a guaranteed playoff position. And now that EB is out of the picture, that only increases the likelihood of a Dunleavy/Baron confrontation. I thought EB would be able to keep Baron and Dunleavy on the same page -- or at least as close as they could possibly ever get -- but with no EB I don't see it working at all. Without EB, this is a complete teardown and we should let Baron walk if he is so inclined (and of course we have to sign him if he keeps his word and still wants to be a Clipper).

Sorry guys you just all sounded so sad. In the end it may be the best thing to happen to you b/c you can now throw the same deal at J Smith that we would of if Brand didnt work out. If you guys land Smith then you will rejoice, hes who most sixers fans have wanted all along but Brand well be a great addition. The thing you should be hoping for is for Baron to change his mind and back out. hes an inconsistent, shoot first PG ho hasnt been very welcomed and misses a shit ton of games. Good luck, i feel your pain, ive been a sixers fan thru the Barkley/Iverson era

ExBaron-Perhaps you have never seen Mags game...enjoy him jacking up 20 shots and only making 4. I like the guy, and will root for him to do well, but Baron>Corey.

Brand...I don't know what to say...I'm speechless. Stein said something about him being 70% on the deal...maybe there is still a chance...maybe he's trying to get Sterling/Elgin to add the no-trade clause. Enjoy the east, Philly may make the playoffs, but they will be losing in the 1st or 2nd round.

@pipedreams Your fans are no different, there are quite a few posts on here bashing philly because they made a good move. thats why i posted that not b/c im a dick, i guess it hurts when someone kicks your bruises

Philly fans you ain't gonna win the championship anytime soon. So don't even brag about your signing of Brand. You guys now got a piece of $80 big crap stuck in your hole that will continue to make the organization that much more constipated for a championship. Really.. Brand is the savior of your organization?! Really... Brand is gonna put you over the top, over the Pistons, over the defending champs in the Celtics?! Give me break. You're playing to the same tune when Iverson was on your team.

What Clipper fans, are so-called "crying" about, is not the fact that Brand left for a measly $2 million more to play with the 76ers, not the fact that he left a better roster in the Clippers to the 76ers, but the fact he pulled a "Carlos Boozer"-like (notice i say LIKE and not exactly) move. He opted out of the Clips to give himself some options of course. But he said he would come back and take a paycut if the Clippers made a considerable move to upgrade their roster. Clippers did just that with the signing of Baron Davis. So where is Brand now?! He turned his back on the organization and to the fans. If it was about MONEY, he would've taken the $90 million offer from the Warriors. Obviously that wasn't the case. He left for some reason. But UNTIL he addresses why he left, loyal Clippers fans have a right to "cry" about this "backstabbing". And who knows, he doesn't have to address it. But if Brand, is the professional that he has over the years, he'd give some sort explanation; especially in this case when his word.

So this is very disappointing indeed, as I'm sure many fans wanted to see how far (pending health issues of course) the Clippers would've gone considering they got Davis. But what's done is done and Clippers still have ways to go to become a championship contending team.

The bottom line is he took essentially the same $$ and chose to go to Philly, so he has to have his reasons for leaving, right ??

What those are exactly remains to me seen..wether there was some ongoing or recently developed tension with the Clips management and/or the dunce, or he wanted to go back east (..but Philly?? Really? wow still in shock over this one boys..leaving LA for philly, the armpit of the north america).

It'll be interesting to hear what he has to say for himself as for his reasons for leaving when he surfaces on some national or local philly radio show..cause this just stinks to high heaven the way this went down. EB being the stand-up guy he portrays himself to be, owes us some sort of an explanation.

Thanks JM and Drew. Its hard to fault the Clippers organization here with regards to the Brand fiasco. They did everything in their power to retain him, asides from going over the cap. The disappointment lies with Brand alone. He will have to live with this decision. If he has a conscience at all, he would be ashamed to come back to LA. Maybe it's just as well that his movie production career is finished.

No explanation can make up to the fact he lied to the fans numerous times and lied to the Clippers on what they needed to do to improve the team. They did what he asked and he fucked them over. He's a BOOZER just like his Dukie teammate.

I will clear out my schedule and clear my throat to boo to high heaven when the Sixers come to town. I may start working on my signage tomorrow...

Longtime lurker, first-time poster... Dunleavy and Roeser screwed this up royally. Those guys 'pissed off' EB according to Yahoo! Sports with their 'take it or leave it" offer. I'm sure it's not hard to imagine "The Dunce" being a total asshole during negotiations. Though we can offer and re-hash many examples of Dunce's smug idiocy, Roeser has a long track record for fucking things like this up (anyone remember how he screwed up the Danny Manning situation back in the day?). I mean, who the fuck is Roeser and why is he in on these decisions? Elgin, God love him, is literally asleep at the wheel... I've seen this guy courtside dozing off with popcorn all over his sweater... I mean, this is the guy that's supposed to be engineering the Clipper team! Back to the point... what kills me is, why even take the chance of pissing off EB?!?! Any halfwit knows that YOU KISS YOUR FRANCHISE PLAYER'S ASS! That's why EB left for what amounts to chump change for him. To the people who are bitter towards Elton, I understand your pain and even have some hard feelings towards him myself, but just KNOW that it was the DUMB SHIT FRONT OFFICE that messed this up--as usual. I mean, why give EB ANY excuse to look somewhere else? This is just a terrible day and it's been long and tiring for me, so forgive my rant, my fellow citizens in Clipper Nation... Obviously, we're the type of people that like to walk around with clothespins on our scrotums because, as Clipper fans, we must perversely enjoy pain.

Man it feels so good to see Brand stick a knife in all you stupid clipper fans back... I mean after SEVEN YEARS of paying this guys salary by using your hard earned money to buy tickets to clippers games he turns around and dumps your ass's for the new "hot model"...

I hope one of you cries tonight when you think of how good your team could have been with the Brand/Davis pick and roll and how all that just went up in flames while your team turns to shit for the next 5 years... have fun buying tickets now for a loser

IT REALLY TELLS YOU SOMETHING ABOUT HOW SHITTY CLIPPER FANS ARE WHEN A PLAYER LIKE BRAND WANTS TO GET THE HELL AWAY FROM A TOWN AS GREAT ASLOS ANGELES JUST SO THAT HE DOESN'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH YOU LOSERS...

MAN, IMAGINE ALLLLL YOUR FRUSTRATIONS NOW WHEN DAVIS PULLS A HAMSTRING NEXT YEAR 8 GAMES INTO THE SEASON...

The ironic thing about Lakers fans is that most of them can't afford Lakers tickets. And most of the people that gets tickets to the Lakers games don't know crap about basketball (they mostly get tickets from their company).

I try to attend as many Staples Center events as I can (yes even Sparks games), and by far Clippers fans are more knowledgable than most Lakers fans. I went to a game last year where the people sitting next to me (in a Kobe jersey no less) gushes at the new Lakers rookie; Gasol. Yeah he's a rookie all right. I think the only player she recognized was Kobe. And if he wasn't wearing a jersey with the words BRYANT on the back, I'm not sure if she can pick him out of a lineup.

Another game, a guy behind me confused Lamar for Kobe. I never thought they looked alike, but who knows, maybe all black people look the same to him. But each time Lamar scored in the first quarter, the guy yelled; "YEAH KOOOOOBE"

Its a bit disturbing to have an entirely different crowd around you at each game. In my section, for Lakers games, I can recognize two or three people who attend Lakers game consistently. In those same seats for Clippers games, I can usually recognize two dozen people. In my estimation, Clippers fans are more loyal, though their team suck, they're basketball junkies. And you have to respect that.

It's just amazing that a laker fan wants to even think about hoops right now after thay forgot to show up for the finals. You'd think they'd be getting ready to cheer on the Raiders through another awful season even though they don't know the difference between a running back and a linebacker.
Or down at chavez ravine pulling a 10 on 1 beat down of a cubs fan in the parking lot before they go do a circle jerk in some backyard gangsta lovefest.

Blaming Elton Brand is a knee-jerk fan viewpoint. The Clippers were, are, and, it seems, always will be a bumbling and cheap organization.

The Clips didn't negotiate with Brand, rather gave him a "take it or leave it" offer ... combine that with the overall "Commitment to Frugality" that permeates the organization, Brand had reason to pause and survey the landscape.

Clipper fans: I admire you for your resiliency and misplaced loyalty. In the end you have to realize Donald Sterling is still Donald Sterling, and you are being treated like a cash machine, or maybe a better analogy, you are the drunk suckers at a strip club, blowing all your money for no return, but as usual the culprit is the farce of an NBA organization that is the Clippers.

Philly fucking sucks. Its just a gay city filled with black people surrounded by millions of suburbs. A shithole of koreans in olney, blacks in south and west philly and then gay old center city. Sixers are shit without the real AI, they didn't even sell out playoff games. Old city is gay, the gallery is gay so is south street and so is jims and pats and genos and wherever fat fucks in philly go to be obese. Cheltenham is gay so is willowgrove, anywhere beyond 309 most notably landsdale and north wales, blue bell
This is not managements fault. Elton Brand explicitly stated he opted out so the clippers could sign a free agent. They did. Yet he still left. He obviously did not expect them to land anyone. The thing is he could've just left. Instead he fucked us around by saying he would come back. The clippers basically emptied their entire bench for brand but he left. What else can they do ? He didn't answer phone calls so what the fuck can we do. Etu brand obviously knows nothing about LA and the clippers. How are they frugal when they desperatley tried to keep brand. Now he has to see that african dalembert.

Fuck laker fans they're gay as always. They didn't even shut the fuck up when they were ousted in the 1st round in 06. How can they say anything bad about brand when they have the bitchiest child in the league named kobe bryant. Who cried all night long when daddy didn't use his credit card and somehow pau gasols soft spanish ass landed on phil jackson. Wahh wahh I want to be traded wahhh im a lil bitch and for some reason im compared to jordan when im vastly and utterly inferior in every way possible wahh I can't win without shaq.

Lakers fans- "we won 14 championships were so good."

Fucking idiots magic johnson, kareem, worthy, baylor (fuck him) shaq are all gone. So actually YOU right now have 0 championships. So keep sucking kobe off he enjoys it.

Sad to see Brand go, but especially very disappointed in how it went down; with Brand giving his "word". This goes to show that fans of athletes shouldn't be so sure that they are the professional they say they are. It doesn't happen that much, but it happens; especially if you go ego-centric maniacs agents like David Falk behind you.
Anyways now this is "old" news. And like the previous commenter said above...what's done is done. Time to move on. Don't waste your energy harping at what happen; waste of time. Just move on.
For 76ers fans congrats to your acquisition. But be realistic here and set your emotions aside. This move, obviously, improves your roster. That's a given. But Brand, alone, is not going to put you in the hunt for championship title anytime soon. I'm sorry to say, the 76ers along with the Clippers...and the other 23,24 some odd teams are championship contending teams.

As a Sixers fan, I'm excited to have Elton aboard. But I feel for Clippers Nation, and I feel pretty awful about the way he screwed over a team that stood by him and brought him along. So, you know, sorry guys. I totally understand the anger you guys are feeling.

fuck elton brand. all the bullshit he's saying in interviews about the clippers not being willing to give him what he wanted. fuck that! elton asked for the clips to get baron and they did. they were able to offer elton a no-trade clause. that's the biggest things to get. what the hell else did he want? i'm sure everything he wanted the clippers were willing to give him. fuck elton brand! piece of shit.

The Clips are screwed... They bring back basically the same team they had last year, with Davis in place of Maggette... Barring injury, they'll be slightly better, maybe 25 - 30 wins...

If they get Josh Smith or Emeka Okafor all will be right with the world. You have a playoff team, but the chances of getting either is virutally nil... Okafor was already offered 12 million... Charlotte will clearly match any offer the Clippers can come up with... And if Atlanta doesn't match for one of the top young forwards in the league (with unlimited potential) the ownders would deserve to lose their franchise... Like Sterling would have if he hadn't matched the Miami offer to Brand four years ago... Neither Smith nor Okafor is coming...

Let's face it. The team is gonna suck once again... We should let Barron go if he wants and really suck, get high in the lottery next year... It'll be just like the 80's all over again. Young players and promise for the future that's never realized...

I know none of you want to hear reasoning from a sixers fan but it isnt EB's fault hes not there. If your management would of done a better job dealing with you ex star and building a better team around him he wouldnt of walked. If you had a good team and he genuinely liked his bosses he wouldnt of left, im not even trying to be a dick. I feel for you guys. I just dont think its his fault and hes not a backstabber. He did what was best for him, you should show some class and be happy for the man, he didnt promise you anything and he worked his ass off for 7 seasons for you. When he said he wanted to remain w/ the clips i believe he meant it and so does the rest of the non EB hating world. People change their mind. Its funny teams have the right to decide who they want but if a player does something someone disagrees with hes a traitor, same thing happened here when all the sudden iverson demanded a trade, but it worked out for the best for both parties and most likely it will for you too. Philadelphia did nothing but make the best move for them, the city did nothing to you or your team. Show some class, hopefully all the clips fans arent like the ones posting on here. No one spurned you and no one owes you anything he never gave you his "word", he said he intended on returning to the Clips, things change..shit happens

I've got no ill will for Philly and was pullin for them big time in the playoffs.
But if you check the presser from today, Elton admits being interesteed last year in Philly. So the main thing is that he gave the illusion that he was gonna be a Clipper and we got all excited and he bailed....which he probably knew he was gonna do all along.
So, it's like he lied to us. I had a feeling he'd leave when he came back that last week of the season looking sharper than he needed to in those games. Whatever.